For those of you who think that Halloween has become too commercial and has lost it’s luster as the fright night it was intended to be, think again. Halloween today is more bloodcurdling than ever… that is if you are the parents. Evil Torture Chamber: Where you start to think you are after spending any period [...]
The following was inspired by this week’s long overdue visit by yours truly: 2008: As you stumble out of the dentist’s office, the receptionist asks if you want to make your next appointment for 6 months from now. As you have absolutely no idea what your schedule will be in six months, politely decline. Promise [...]
Dear Boy Scouts of America: I am writing to you today in hopes that you heed some well meaning advice on a topic that I covered previously here at Mothers of Brothers in 2008. Admittedly my post back then was not very hard hitting. But since two years have passed without any changes, I believe [...]
More than 20 years ago, I stood up in front of my college friends and made an impromptu speech. It was one of the final evenings we would all be together before Penn graduation. We happened to be having beers at the boys’ house on Delancey Street. At the time I had no idea someday [...]
Monday was Noah’s official 13th birthday. In the aftermath of the bar mitzvah, the actual milestone went largely unnoticed. In fact, the day was pretty suckish for the kid as he had a ton of homework and was beginning to come down with strep throat (Yes, both boys waited until after the party to get [...]
Last night I closed all the open files that had monopolized my computer screen for weeks. The directions to the synagogue for the guests, the table settings, the photo montage of Noah, the songs for the DJ to play, the to-do lists that kept changing – they all went into the archives perhaps to be [...]
At approximately 2:00 p.m. this afternoon I will be going off the grid as the whole family gears up for Noah’s Bar Mitzvah weekend. To say that I have been a bit consumed by the preparations would be a fair statement. I honestly never thought I would become one of those people – but I [...]
Saturday night I sent Chase to bed early for breathing. Yes you read correctly and no, the Bar Mitzvah stress has not rendered me completely horrid. Does this scenario sound familiar to you? We are driving home in the car from my Mom’s birthday party (HB, Mom!) when the brothers start to bicker. I tell [...]
1000 Bikers prepare to Ride for Autism Speaks last Sunday. I was proud and honored to help volunteer to register these fine men and women for this year’s Ride for Autism Speaks, founded and organized largely by our dear friends Doug and Mo. As a child, I was always frightened by these characters. (the bikers, [...]
As the Bar Mitzvah approaches, tensions are mounting in the Mendell household. At the current rate, we should hit Defcom 5 in approximately 8 days. Interestingly, the tensions seem to be exclusively centered on one individual: Moi. If anything, this process has been a stark reminder that I live with three laid back dudes. Married [...]
